Fastening means for buttons



Feb. w, 1959 N. R. Nms 2,873,498

FASTENING MEANS FOR BUTTONS Filed April 27, 1953 lmmw VVEN7'oE: Nilsfem/90,4 7 -m1. M

United States Patent FASTENING MEANS FOR BUTTONS Nils Reinhold Niiiis,Norslinden, near Falun, Sweden Application April 27, 1953, Serial No.351,132

'1 'Claim. (Cl. 24-103) The present invention relates to fastening meansfor buttons said means comprising a yoke made of wire or the like, thepointed ends of each of the shanks of said yoke being adapted to engagean aperture in the back of the button, the cross-piece of the yoke beinghinged at the button and each shank of the yoke approximately at itsmiddle being provided with a U-shaped or the like bending directed fromthe plane through the yoke and in the attached position of the yokeextending outside the back of the button and serving as fastening loopfor a little curved portion of the fabric or other material, to whichthe button should be attached.

According to the invention the cross piece of the yoke is hingedlymounted behind a bridge between two apertures in the button in suchmanner that the portions of the yoke shanks situated between theU-shaped bending on the yoke shanks and the cross-piece of the yokepenetrate said apertures, when the yoke is turned against the button.

The annexed drawing illustrates an embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 1 shows the back of a button according to the invention andcomprising a cover plate and a bottom portion. Fig. 2 shows a sectionalong the line IIII in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an edge view of the buttonattached to the stuff indicated by dot and dash lines. Fig. 4 is a frontview of the button with removed cover plate. Fig. 5 shows a sectionalong the line V-V in Fig. 4.

According to the embodiment illustrated on the drawing the fasteningmember comprises two identical yoke portions 1 parallel to each other inplane and connected with each other by a cross-piece 2. The end portions3 and 4 of each yoke portion are bent in directions away from eachother, the end portions 3 being integral with the cross-piece 2, andeach of the end portions 4 being formed with a point in order tofacilitate their penetrating through the fabric.

According to the embodiment illustrated the button comprises a frontcover plate 5 and a back bottom portion 6. The bottom portion 6 isprovided with an aperture 7 for the shank 3 of each yoke portion and anaperture 8 for the shank 4 of each yoke portion. Between the apertures 7there is a bridge 9 with a cross slot 10, in which the cross piece 2 ofthe yoke is mounted. One edge of ice each aperture 8 has a shoulder 11,behind which the shank end 4 is adapted to engage. After the cross piece2 of the yoke has been situated in the slot 10 and the cover plate 5 hasbeen secured on the bottom portion 6 the fastening yoke is turnableabout the cross piece 2, when the shank ends have been released from theshoulders 1, which may be easily performed by moving the resilient shankends 4 aside, until they are free from the shoulders 11, whereupon thefastening yoke may be folded out, for instance to the position shown bydot and dash lines in Fig. 2. In said position the yoke may be threadedinto the fabric 12, which for this purpose may be folded, as shown inFig. 2. Thereupon the operator turns the fastening yoke back to itsfastening position and causes the shank ends 4 to engage behind theshoulders 11, whereupon the button is secured to the fabric 12.

What I claim is:

In a button releasably fastenable to a fabric, in combination, a basemember, a front cover plate connected to said base member, and afastening member tiltably connected to said base member and comprising across piece and two pins integral with said cross piece, said basemember having a transversely extending recess submerged below theexposed surface of said member to form a bearing for journalling saidcross piece for tilting movement of said fastening member about the axisof said cross piece between a normal rest position and a fasteningposition at an angle thereto, said base member including a bridge andhaving formed adjacent the opposite lateral edges of said bridge twopairs of substantially parallel slots, including a first pair of slotsformed adjacent said recess and extending to the exterior for receivingthe rear portions of the pins of the fastening member, and a second pairof slots each including an open portion extending to the exterior and alongitudinal covered portion off-set laterally and inwardly from, andcommunicating with, said open portion, each pin comprising a straightrear part normally disposed in a slot of said first pair, an elongatedpointed end part normally disposed throughout the major extent of itslength in a covered portion of a slot of the second pair and separatedby said bridge and insertable into the normal position by a downwardinwardly directed motion and, respectively, removable by an outwardupwardly directed motion, and an intermediate part bent outwardly so asto form an are outside the bridge, said are being so dimensioned as toallow the fabric, after fastening of the button thereto by forcing thepointed ends of the fastening wire through the fabric and bringing theminto engagement with the second pair of slots of the base member of thebutton, to extend in a plane parallel with the exposed surface of thefront cover plate of the button, at a distance from the rear surface ofthe base member suflicient to leave a play between said rear surface andsaid fabric.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS627,506 Kauffman June 27, 1899

